Friday, March 27, 2015

Yikes!I just realized as I was heading to bed,that it is Friday!1:36 a.m., and my post isn't finished.My clock is all scrambledfrom two days of flying.Fortunately I was able to finish most of this latest northern postin the lobby of our Waikiki hotel ~a challenge because it is an active place!

Our Busy Lobby Area

Good thing my father's letterpretty much stands on its own!Saturday, October 15, 1960 My father wrote:Hello There:Here I am at the close of another day, just as uninteresting and devoid of news as yesterday.It seems that when you are out of circulation for a while, you just get out of touch with what’s going on in the place.

We got up early this morning and got our house cleaning done early, and then sat around waiting for the mail plane, and worrying that perhaps it wouldn’t make it today either. Our prayers were answered about one thirty, when we saw the plane coming in from the southwest. I am telling you, it was a most welcome sight!!!!!

This afternoon, Mike and Ann Flaherty and their baby Kathleen dropped in to see us. As you probably know (I think that I told you), Anne is an Ojibway girl. Her baby may be a half-breed, but it is one of the nicest babies that I have seen in a long time. Anne carries her in a tikinogan, and she looks so cute.

The tikinogan is really the only practical way to transport a baby up here. Baby carriages are for the birds where there are no roads or sidewalks. Maureen and Dunc are planning to get a tikinagan when they have another child, if they are still in the North.

We served Mike and Anne tea and some of Sara’s cake, and Anne wanted to know who the good cook was. Anne is the girl that I am going to be teaching grade five or six to when she and Mike get settled. It may seem queer to you people that a married woman would only have grade four or five, but believe me, Anne is one of the better and more ambitious of the Indians. A lot of the older ones only have grade one or two. It is so hard to get teachers to come to the North, that quite frequently the Indians only have a chance to get one or two grades.Well, I guess that ties her up for the night. Will be seeing you all again tomorrow.Bye for now,Love, DonI'll be more organized next week.(I hope!)